Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Res Publica Serenissima Regno Poloniae i Magno Ducati Lithuaniae

[PolishWingedHussar10]

@licicaviki Very true and correct. Not only poles had elected a lithuanian as their new king but even lithuanian nobility willingly accepted polish language and culture and in the course of next two centuries almost 75% of lithuanian nobility became polonized and highlitghted polish as their mother tongue and now they are blamin it on us. I personally have polish lithuanian roots and grandfather from fathers side was pole of lithuanian descend and Im very proud of it and my lithuanian surname

[JuskaVytautas]

Polish led i all wars? Don't lie. Vytautas, the lithuanian's grand duke, led to victory in Grunwald

[bigrobcanuck]

@JuskaVytautas

Vytautas was second in command to his cousin, Grand Duke Jogailla, who at the time of Grunwald was also known as Władysław Jagiełło, King of Poland. It was Jagiełło who was commander of Polish and Lithuanian forces that day.

[OR3NG]

@bigrobcanuck he may be king of poland but hes still lithuanian, right? In that case whole battle was led by lithuanian commanders.

[bigrobcanuck]

@OR3NG

Since you wish to be technical about it then yes, he was and the top two leaders were Lithuanian. Since we are being technical about this, they were leading an army of mostly Poles as almost all historians agree that the combined force was roughly two thirds Polish and one third Lithuanian. I won't go so far as to claim that since Poles made up the vast majority of forces in the field that it was then mostly a Polish victory. We all know that both Poles and Lithuanians share the glory.

[OR3NG]

@bigrobcanuck Yes I agree that it was a combined victory and it's quite stupid to argue otherwise. However, Id say 2 against 1 is hardly a glorious victoy for PL-LT, and the whole battle seems to be overated. I never really fully understood why people are so mesmerized by it.

[bigrobcanuck]

@OR3NG

I guess its just that the Teutonic Order was such a power in the region that terrorized and had its way for so long that it was a sort of comeuppance. At this point in history Poland and Lithuania were the underdogs so even though they had amassed a larger force, the Teutonic knights had many of Europe's finest riding with them in a quest for glory. One could argue that the outcome of this battle marked somewhat of a turning point in Central-Eastern European power dynamics.

[HetmanWielkiKoronny7]

6:03 gdzie jest zrobione to zdjęcie?? Czy to zamek Jana II Sobieskiego w Wilanowie?

[wawa23tomek]

@HetmanWielkiKoronny7 nie jest to herb korony Króla III Sobieskiego w Wilnie w części centralnej jest jego oznaczenie rodowe np. w heraldyce ród Vazów miał bardzo podobny herb koronny różnił się tylko częścią centralną vazowie mieli snopek zboża

[HetmanWielkiKoronny7]

@wawa23tomek Tak koelgo wiem ,że to Króla III Sobieskiego tylko nie wiedziałem gdzie to sie znajduje:)

[JonnyLightning]

If only the commonwealth could be revived, and finally put an end to Russian domination of eastern Europe

[panzza1000]

RUSSIA !!!!!!

[DrSniperLT]

@panzza1000 Is giant ass.

[kurepinn]

very good video.

[Guanakon]

Poland had time in history when she was huge imperial and this is cool

[bpiotrAgain]

Pomysł fajny. Szkoda tylko, że napisy są w większości nieczytelne